1. INFORM network meeting
1-2 December 2009

2. DG REGIO Communication priorities 2010
Cohesion
Territorial cohesion
Social cohesion – European Year of Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion
Competitiveness
Future of Regional Competitiveness and Employment Objective
Cooperation
Territorial cooperation
Macroregional cooperation
EU Strategy for Danube Region

3. Agenda: coming up….
Hearing with RegioStars finalists – 27 January 2010 (Brussels)
For more information: contact
Conference - Building on 20 years of community support for urban development – 4 February 2010 (Brussels)
For more information: contact

4. RegioNetwork Virtual networking platform for all regions
Online discussions
Sustainable development
Innovation
OPEN DAYS online community
Working group includes regional offices
Launch date: May 2010
For more information contact:

5. Regions for Economic Change
Conference May 2010 – Towards EU 2020
RegioStars Ceremony – 20 May in Square Brussels
Main themes: ICT and green competitiveness
For more information: contact

6. OPEN DAYS 2010
4-7 October 2010
Opening session – hemicycle European Parliament on 4 October 2010
“Towards 2020: Competitiveness, Cooperation and Cohesion”
3 themes: competitiveness, cooperation and cohesion

7. OPEN DAYS 2010 Showcasing ERDF projects through:
Workshops
Stage events
Exhibitions – Meeting Place at the Committee of the Regions
Tuesday 5 October – “Green Village”
Wednesday 6 October – “Territorial cooperation”
3 themes: competitiveness, cooperation and cohesion

8. OPEN DAYS – stage events
Stage in front of main Commission headquarters- Berlaymont building
Featuring ERDF co-financed projects – music, dance, magic, etc. performances

9. Call for projects DG REGIO improving its online database of projects
but also…
2010 – Collection of so-called ‘symbolic projects’
Easily recognisable to the average citizen
e.g. Mont St Michel in France; AVE in Spain; Eden project in the UK
Must be co-financed by the ERDF or Cohesion Fund
Projects will be used to raise citizens’ awareness of cohesion policy
Please send your projects in by January 2010!
For more information contact:

10. Questions?